Pawnshop owner Evan Kail stumbled across what he believes are authentic photos of the Nanjing (formerly Nanking) Massacre while searching through a photo album he was asked to sell for a client.
Kail, whose shop is in Minnesota, documented the discovery for his large TikTok following on Thursday, and the video quickly garnered millions of views and likes.
A client had asked him to try to sell the book, which "had been in their family for years," he said.
In the video, Kail shows less graphic photos from the album — which he believes belonged to a soldier stationed in Southeast Asia at the time — while explaining that the book then takes a gruesome turn.
